While losing their starting quarterback will obviously be an enormous blow to the Vikings on the field this season, it’s certainly a relief to know that an very bad situation didn’t reach it’s much, much more terrible potential.
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“This would just start out the year the way that we have been in the last couple of years just bad luck keeps on rolling with us”, Noble said.
If Bridgewater is unable to return in a timely manner, there is little behind him on the depth chart.
“We’re not going to stick our heads in the sand, tuck our tail between our legs”, Zimmer said.
2016 – I actually said to my wife just a couple days ago, “Maybe this is their year, they’ll actually be pretty good this year”. Within moments, an ambulance pulled into the Winter Park headquarters with sirens blaring, remained for 10 minutes and then left the scene with Bridgewater.
Hill is now 36 years old, and it is safe to question whether or not his body will be able to hold up over the course of a 16-game regular season. “He’s done a phenomenal job”.
In a statement released via the Vikings’ web site on Thursday, Bridgewater cited his mother’s battle with breast cancer as both an inspiration to him and a reason we should all be confident in his ability to come back from this injury. But he also tried to steer the team’s focus back to the field as the players prepare for their preseason finale against the Los Angeles Rams on Thursday night and the season opener at Tennessee on September 11.
The team had hoped Bridgewater was prepared to take a major step forward in his third year in the NFL.
“Every time I think about going to see him in the hospital, how he still had that “Teddy B” smile, how he was still making jokes, how he was like, ‘Man, I’m going to be OK, ‘ it put a smile on my face”, cornerback Captain Munnerlyn said.
Bridgewater missed the second preseason game with a sore shoulder, but was sharp Sunday against San Diego.
“This is about the team”. It’s brutal to say, and all three players are talented, but the Rams simply have too many names and not enough roster spots when it comes to wide receiver.
From a fitness perspective, coach Mike McCoy said the No. 3 overall pick out of Ohio State looked “as we expected”. We have a good team.
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I forgot to add in my column last week concerning Mark White’s record-tying 99-yard touchdown run in 1974 that my Greenway team did win that game by the score of 18-8 against International Falls.
